Sometimes I do find programmers that do not know how to, say, install a linux distro, or at a lower level, don't understand what a data bus is, or how one bit o

Sometimes I do find programmers that do not know how to, say, install a linux distro, or at a lower level, don't understand what a data bus is, or how one bit of information is actually stored in a computer. > Learning how to make car parts from scratch gives younger workers insights they otherwise wouldn’t get from picking parts from bins and conveyor belts, or pressing buttons on machines. This is also the spirit of the nand2tetris [1] course, currently running on coursera [2]. The book is a really entertaining read too. Depending on how familiar you are with electronics you may be able to outpace the video course quite a bit. Also, > “Fully automated machines don’t evolve on their own,” not yet... :p 1: http://www.nand2tetris.org/ http://www.nand2tetris.org/ 2: https://www.coursera.org/course/nand2tetris1 https://www.coursera.org/course/nand2tetris1